wind controller [RE-wrenches]

[Matt Tritt]

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Hi Wilco,

Magnetek has taken back their inverter line from PowerOne, who had been 
doing a magnificantly lousy job of promoting and support of the Magnetek 
small inverter line after taking over from Magnetek in 2006. Let's hope 
that the MWI gets UL (and works) soon! ;-)

Matt T

Wilco Vercoelen wrote:

>Have you looked at what PowerOne offers:
>http://www.power-one.com/renewable-energy/downloads.html
>
>Dommelvalley Green Power
>Utopia, Ontario
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hugh Piggott [mailto:hugh at scoraigwind.co.uk] 
>Sent: May 12, 2008 1:21 AM
>To: RE-wrenches at topica.com
>Subject: Re: wind controller [RE-wrenches]
>
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>>I just had a customer call me saying he was told at a show that
>>someone had a functioning controller that would do wind or solar.
>>Anyone heard of anything up and running yet?
>>I know several are in the works, anyone got there yet?
>>He actually seemed surprised I didn't have one.
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>
>The word 'controller' covers many possible meanings but the 
>Morningstar Tristar (and of course the older Trace c-40 with its 
>delayed action) is a solar controller that can also be configured as 
>a diversion load controller for wind or hydro applications.  I wonder 
>if he meant one of these diversion load controllers?  With enough 
>load you can also use them for hybrid wind/solar applications.
>
>Last year when I was in Washington state, Ouback did some tests on an 
>MPPT wind variant of the MX60 controller but it was a very brief 
>truck test of a homebrew turbine and I never heard that they took it 
>further.  More like a day out having fun.  Windy boy inverters are 
>now quite a commonplace thing but we don't have a product for the 
>stand-alone market that optimises the turbine voltage like that. 
>Except for the Bergey XL.1 of course and the old Marlec fm 1800.  But 
>no third party stuff.  I would be very interested if there were 
>something.
>
>No tornados here in Scotland yet.  But plenty of UK Bergey blades 
>have hit towers in the past.  I think they made them stiffer at some 
>stage?
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